Two people are dead and another injured following a crash in the La Puente area early Sunday morning, officials said.
The fatal crash occurred just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Amar Road and North Puente Avenue, according to a California Highway Patrol spokesman.
A four-door sedan rear-ended a pickup truck at a high rate of speed, killing the driver and the rear passenger of the sedan, officials said. The front passenger of the sedan was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Los Angeles County Fire Department Supervisor Miguel Ornelas said.
The intersection at Amar Road and North Puente Avenue is closed for investigation until further notice, officials said. What led up to the crash was not immediately known.
